Interesting Things
One thing that has been really important to me my whole life has been clothes. I almost went to fashion design school at FIT in New York City and I was completely obsessed with all things fashion. I watched Project Runway religiously (i still do), I stayed up late at night to sew clothes that I would wear to school the next day and I was obsessed with looking “fashionable.” That all kind of shifted when I went to art school at The School Of Visual Arts to study painting and started caring less about my clothes because they would get filled with paint anyway! In my 4 years in New York I probably wore more of my dads old over-sized button down shirts than I did my own clothes. I would “dress up” sometimes but I got very used to being overly comfortable and I did not want to change that.
For the past few years, since leaving art school, going to grad school and becoming a therapist I have had an incredibly hard time dressing myself so to speak. Forever I have just wanted to wear a uniform like the amazing Vera Wang and only have the staples in my closet. In a polarizing way, I also wanted my wardrobe to be filled with color and fun patterns. That being said I just started having a collection of clothes. Clothes from high school, college, clothes that I thought made me, me! Things for my wardrobe also got a little crazy when I shaved my head and I did not know how to be feminine without having one of mt greatest accessories, my hair.
Recently, I had a revelation that the clothes that I am wearing are not making me, me and I was just getting dressed to get dressed but not even being completely comfortable. I would catch myself looking at others in their clothes wishing that I looked at comfortable and confident in my clothes. In these past months I have been doing a lot of spiritual growing and so it made sense for me to go through my clothes and start to bring to the front the clothes that, as Marie Kondo would say “brought me joy!”
I ended up keeping lots of clothes that I loved and feel pretty great in. I kept clothes that I could wear to work and wear out and feel like I am getting dressed, but also feel super confident. I absolutely still need some basics like solid colored tee shirts, tank tops and cardigan sweaters. I am excited to start incorporating more jewelry and maybe get a new pair of shoes.
The clothes we wear have a lot of power and they are our way of expressing ourselves! They are the “vibe” that we bring to our lives and therefore they are very important and can completely change how we feel about the day. It is important to wear clothes that make you comfortable but present yourself to the world that you want to be! I want you all to feel super confident in your style and that your style is super representative of who you are. If that means going through your closet, then do it. If it means keeping what you have and changing up how to put outfits together, go for it! Make any of the changes that you need to feel more YOU in your clothes and in you skin.
Also, in the picture above I am wearing one of my dads famous over-sized button down shirts
XOXO